mouth

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, cavernous, enormous, huge, large, wide

▪ small, tiny

▪ beautiful, perfect, pretty, rosebud, sensual, sensuous

▪ red

▪ firm, hard, strong

▪

A smile played around his strong mouth.

▪ soft

▪ hot, warm

▪ slack

▪ full

▪ lipless, thin

▪ toothless

▪ wet

▪ dry, tight

▪

A tight mouth was the only sign of her nerves.

▪ gaping, half-open, open

▪ closed

▪ smiling

▪ hungry

▪

She has four hungry mouths to feed.

▪ sore, swollen

VERB + MOUTH

▪ open

▪ clamp shut, close, shut, snap shut

▪ cover

▪

He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.

▪ cup, gag

▪

Suddenly a hand cupped her mouth.

▪ wipe

▪

He wiped his greasy mouth on his sleeve.

▪ rinse, rinse out, wash out

▪

The dentist told him to rinse his mouth out.

▪ fill, stuff

▪

He coughed as the blood filled his mouth.

▪

He began to stuff his mouth with pasta.

▪ foam at, froth at

▪

The dog was foaming at the mouth and near death.

▪ burn

▪

The hot coffee burned her mouth.

▪ kiss

▪ purse

MOUTH + VERB

▪ drop, drop open, fall open, gape, hang open, open, sag open

▪

Our mouths dropped open in surprise.

▪ widen

▪

His mouth widened to a smile.

▪ close, shut

▪ clamp shut, snap shut

▪ be contorted, be set, compress, contort, harden, purse, set, tighten, turn down, twist

▪

His mouth compressed into a thin, hard line.

▪

‘Get out!’ she shouted, her mouth contorted by emotion.

▪

Her mouth suddenly set in a determined line.

▪ curl, curve, lift, quirk (esp. AmE), stretch, tilt, turn up

▪

Her mouth curved into a smile.

▪

His mouth lifted in a wry smile.

▪ droop, sag

▪ pout

▪ twitch

▪ quiver, tremble

▪ water

▪

My mouth started watering when I smelled the food.

▪ be dry, go dry

▪ taste like sth

MOUTH + NOUN

▪ sore, ulcer (BrE)

▪ cancer

▪ care (esp. AmE)

▪

Good mouth care is very important when you are having chemotherapy.

▪ rinse

PREPOSITION

▪ around your mouth

▪

There were lines of tension around his mouth.

▪ across your mouth

▪

A cool smile played across her mouth.

▪ in your mouth

▪

I could taste blood in my mouth.

▪ over your mouth

▪

She put her hand over her mouth to stifle the cough.

PHRASES

▪ the back of the mouth, the roof of the mouth

▪

I was so thirsty my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth.

▪ the corner of the mouth, the side of the mouth

▪

There was blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

▪

The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile.

▪ keep your mouth shut (= don't speak)

▪ (have) your mouth full (= full of food)

▪

Don't talk with your mouth full!

▪ a mouth to feed

▪

Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.

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verb

Mouth is used with these nouns as the object: ↑lyrics, ↑swear word, ↑word